Diddy Set to Be Sentenced for Transporting ‘Freak-Off’ Escorts Throughout State Strains

For Sean “Diddy” Combs, judgment day has lastly arrived as he awaits his punishment in his case following his convictions in his NYC federal prison trial.

Diddy can be current in federal courtroom Friday morning together with his protection staff — led by Marc Agnifilo and Teny Geragos — in addition to the prosecutors and, after all, Choose Arun Subramanian.

One high-profile lawyer who will not be there’s ex-FBI Director Jim Comey‘s daughter — Maurene Comey — the lead prosecutor on the Diddy case till she was just lately fired by the Division of Justice. It is unclear why she misplaced her job.

Because the world is aware of, Diddy was discovered responsible by a 12-person jury in July on two counts of the Mann Act for transporting people throughout state traces for the aim of prostitution.

However the music mogul was acquitted on the extra critical counts of racketeering and intercourse trafficking. Diddy is dealing with as much as 10 years in jail on every of the Mann Act counts, stemming from his notorious “Freak-Offs” with male escorts and his ex-girlfriends — Cassie Ventura and the lady who testified as “Jane” on the trial.

And get this .. in the course of the sentencing listening to, Diddy is anticipated to deal with the courtroom, which might be the primary time we’ve got heard publicly from him because the begin of his case.

In a courtroom submitting final week, Geragos wrote, “The sentencing continuing holds vital significance for Mr. Combs. He needs to seem earlier than the Court docket, tackle Your Honor, and allocate in probably the most dignified and respectful trend attainable.”

In the meantime, Diddy has remained locked up on the Metropolitan Detention Middle in Brooklyn since his arrest in September 2024. His authorized staff repeatedly tried to get Diddy launched on bail throughout his trial, however the decide rejected their efforts. His legal professionals even tried to get the Mann Act costs thrown out or a brand new trial, however they got here up empty on these efforts, as nicely.

Prosecutors are asking the decide to ship Diddy away for greater than 11 years. If that have been to occur, President Trump has mentioned he may step in and pardon Diddy, however has additionally mentioned he could let him serve out the sentence.

Take a look at a timeline of the trial of Diddy’s ongoing authorized ordeal.